She Scammed The Olympics "For a Free Vacation”

[@CGR89]

It's less of "she wanted a free vacation" and more of "she's completely delusional and really thought she was capable of competing on a global stage".

[@xxskizzumxx]

She still thinks she did a great job, she's convinced that everyone is just sexist despite the other dancers also being female

[@adifferentangle7064]

​@@xxskizzumxxthat's the best part of the whole thing.

[@MinesPredictor-xc6ym]

agree... this is not worth humiliating yourself for a free vacation, I rather sit at home and do nothing rather than getting a free vacation to Europe but I must humiliate myself in the eyes of the whole world!.. this is purely delusional people who thinking the whole world is under their command

[@chrisnoname2725]

@@CGR89 i don’t think she is delusional. She just feels entitled to be given what she wants and for everyone to have to be supportive of her

[@allhailderpfestor4839]

​@xxskizzumxx I fucking hate ppl who do stupid shit then uses racism/sexism as a shield. What you did was equivalent of me going into 100m track Olympics and finishing it in like 30 sec. No race,sex, money or whatever else is relevant at that point. Even resurrected Jesus would get crowned if he do what you did.

[@ThePencilNerd]

There is no way she is the best Australia can offer. She has no video that shows any impressive moves. Its like she only been break dancing for a week.

[@jordane8526]

Some people are pathological overachievers

[@N0N4M30]

Her husband got her in

[@Managable_Mayhem]

I refuse to believe that there is not ONE female breakdancer in Straya that is better than her. A run over raccoon can do better breaking moves than her. There has to be ONE girl or woman in all of Australia. And I need someone to make a phat phucking list with lots of names so I am not going insane here.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Australia should scour the internet and find their best of the best, vote on it, and hand them the figurative "Best Break Dancer" in Aus title. This ass hat does not deserve it thats for sure. She essentially single handedly killed the sport for the Olympics.

[@deviousj5868]

There has to be waayy better than what she did. Surely.

[@baartsy]

its like when a little kid says "watch this" then does random movements

[@mariegiardini]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

"Look what I can do!"

[@emoliver80]

"Mom, watch. Mom... mom... mommy... mom, look"

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

She took a break dancing

[@UTubeHandlesSuck]

...except most little kids have better moves. 🤣

[@trevorvanbremen4718]

"For my training regime, I sat and watched 45 separate people having a grand mal seizure. IMO, I think I did a wonderful job of learning each and every one of their moves"

[@beholdapalehorse7700]

"...I didnt realize this would bring so much "hate"....." You stepped onto a world stage... the pinacle of competition...and you were that unqualified and that arrogant..... And you dont understand the "hate"?😂

[@Abracadabra1111]

It reminds me of the motivational speech “choose your hard.” Putting in the work to be an Olympic-level athlete is hard. Doing what she did and receiving criticism is also hard. She chose her “hard” and she has to live with that.

[@Gloria00082]

She said it all w a sly smirk on her face especially when she said “She just wanted to have fun!” Smh She knew she didn’t belong there.

[@shotbyfabi]

Hey but what matters is that she had lots of fun, right?...

[@mddc.]

A dose of humility may bring her back down to earth.

[@xxskizzumxx]

Sociopath

[@AnimeFanFTW25]

As an Australian, this whole thing sucks. Instead of the spotlight being put on the Australian Women's Swimming team dominating the sport once again, or Jessica Fox getting 2 gold in Canoe Slalom events in an INSANE performance, or the 2 golds obtained in Skateboarding in Men's and Women's Park, we now have to deal with the woman who has no idea what the hell breakdancing is lmao

[@Managable_Mayhem]

I honestly feel sorry for you guys. It definitely sucks but I hope this shait doesn't stick to your image in the olympics till kingdom come. Buy hey, maybe you can ride this as a meme each time. That might help. XD

[@thecluelessoutdoorsman916]

Mind you A. No one knew that here and B. No one will hear about anything else in these Olympics about Australia except this twot and her awful interpretive dance.

[@bunnihanni]

Read the Vox article about the situation. It puts things into perspective. Basically, the breakdancing scene is pretty small in Australia. There are more talented break dancers but for various reasons explained in the article, they choose not to compete in the Olympic qualifying event. It is not Raygun's fault that the circumstances lead to a qualifying competition with a low level of talent. She won fairly and decided to be original with her dance moves at the games, knowing that she could not possibly compete skill-wise with the other break dancers at the Olympics.

[@spectre1x]

​@@bunnihannithat's also part of the problem, in a sense. You can make the argument that each and every competitor, hopefully, truly believed they could perform at the same level, or near that, of the other competitors. If she honestly didn't think her skill could match up, she never should have gone, outside of wanting that trip to Paris. If you expect to lose, at the Olympics of all places, you also inherently expect to be a poor representative for your country. If she had the mindset of a winner, yet still proved to be this pathetic, that's one thing, but thinking you're going to lose on a world stage because you know you suck is terrible.

[@MarkLada]

​@@bunnihanniTry again.. There are videos of her at the qualifier.. She got smoked by her competition..

[@0MG.N0]

New Zealand here: this utter calamity has given us so much joy and sooo much material to make fun of our brothers and sisters across the Tasman that they will not live down this embarrassment of a 'performance' for decades 😂

[@dominicwalker1899]

Hahaha fair cop actually 😂 we aussies are embarrassed

[@neoqwerty]

So the Raygun has infinite ammo you could say?

[@klash8]

Oh no! We're still trying to live down the infamous under-arm bowling incident and now this. 😂

[@mage1439]

Excellent. I imagine a lot of "Oh yeah, them hobbit jokes are real funny, why don't you give us a dance?"

[@semoneh3331]

Sad but true lol

[@ofirarg]

She danced so badly that they've cancelled the entire compatition for the years to come. She is revelationary

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Pure Genius. Now go watch the pole dancers : experts all... one mistake and they fall 4 meters down onto their head. Ouch... Pole Dancing takes a lot of practice.

[@tiffanylaverdad245]

Kangaroo hop. Snake. Sprinkler. These were her moves in a Global Olympic Competition 😆 Straight to jail 😅😅😅😅

[@comradekitty3759]

Don't forget the 3 stoges or Homer Simpson spin (depending on age group)

[@TheLMarieG2014]

Straight to the asylum

[@mikeydudek2885]

Dances with wombats.

[@sarahm9723]

Yup

[@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER]

​@@mvpfocusshe was chosen because of DEI

[@Larz1961]

Not only has she scammed the Olympics, but she also stole someone’s SUBWAY sandwich uniform.

[@vsmith314]

🤣🤣🤣

[@makotohosoi]

Not the Subway uniform 🤣

[@jenanne31]

Good one! 🤣

[@holagataeang]

😂😂😂 Omfg! I used to work for Subway years ago, I knew that shit looked familiar!!

[@jonanna1894]

Now that’s funny! 😂😂😂. I had to watch this in small parts because it is so painful to watch. I’m so embarrassed for her.

[@victoriarousee]

I showed my mom and she goes “that’s the same stuff you use to do out of no where when you was 5 😭”

[@maitreyakumar4202]

She really danced like no one was looking😂

[@coreytrevor3910]

Only difference if one of you went to the Olympics and the other had to go to school in a classroom with two teachers in it!!!!

[@wabalubadubdubdub]

😂😂😂​@@maitreyakumar4202

[@brookiegremlin6660]

My nephew does that kangaroo hop too, great kid.

[@superscatboy]

Her style is called "drunk uncle at a wedding"

[@stellijer]

Two thoughts I have about this: 1) If she'd just said "hey, there were no serious contenders competing against me, so I just went out and had fun, I hope people can have a laugh," I would have had a lot more respect than her complaining about getting "hate," and saying how SERIOUS an effort it was, and how she worked so hard. Sorry - I don't see that. That serious attitude and "poor me" leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. 2) So there were others whom she beat in Aus. I would PAY MONEY to see those trials! Truly... I am chomping at the bit to see who LOST in that tryout!

[@garylefevers]

Well said.

[@___Lyric___]

This not being rigged is almost more embarrassing. You mean a panel of judges looked at her and said “yes. That’s our representative.” With their whole chest? That’s EMBARRASSING.

[@tahitifan100]

@@mvpfocus ain't no way. could not have said it better

[@skooskipotato3750]

It helps to have your husband as the Judge which was appointed by you.

[@andymk8951]

​@@mvpfocusif I am not mistaken australia first wanted to do ballroom dancing. But after they were denied they searched for a breakdancing organisation in australia. The organisation they found is lead by her and her husband. So in the end she became the representative and he the couch

[@SL4PSH0CK]

Yea like the 9 judges during the event gave 0 points each 3 rounds

[@moshunit96]

​@@skooskipotato3750except her husband wasn't a judge and she had nothing to do with the selection of judges. You seem to not be keeping up with the facts.

[@BilisiFunfun]

"I award you zero points and may God have mercy on your soul."

[@andrewyork3869]

Lord knows no one else has....

[@Jokester954]

😂

[@TomHarrison-x8v]

😂😂😂

[@forestxander]

We are all stupider for having watched her.

[@peterthompson8014]

Noice

[@disciplefan1221]

She really thought "what I lack in talent, I make up for in whimsy".... No. You don't.

[@toppseasonszn2342]

😂

[@informitas0117]

She was on a magical adventure on that stage. She traveled the high sea, befriended a talking kangaroo, crawled through narrow tunnels. But despite all that, she couldn't defeat the evil judges.

[@Myth_or_Mystery76]

“Whimsy” isn’t a skill

[@LaurenWoodrow-Kelly]

Agreed. One thing I *hate* about living in NZ/Aus is how your academic pathways in life are SUPER influenced by sport, and sport-orientated peoples within our NCEA system. Not good at basketball, or netball? Well then; no matter how much of a brain-box you are, have fun -never- having a shot at being Dux, or seriously considered for any scholarships. After that, it's "C's get degrees!" at uni. RayGun is "C's get degree's" in human form/example. >.< We're sorry, rest of the planet.

[@lindapalmer870]

​@@informitas0117Or was it a giant evil cobra she was attempting to defeat by charming it with her hypnotic moves

[@newdgamer4118]

If they made a Olympic breakdancing comedy starring Will Ferrell, he'd have danced like this.

[@ixxieangel]

I'm convinced the Australian Olympic Committee informed the public about potential tryouts by stapling a post-it note to a random tree in the middle of the Outback. No one but Raygun, some kangaroos, and a handful of koalas even saw it!

[@Cookie_Monsta]

This one is the best assumption I've seen on this 😂😂😂

[@maddierodriguez8569]

😂😂😂😂

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

The wombat from across the paddock grabbed the solo post-it and brought it inside to show my cat, who would have done a better job.

[@janneroz-photographyonabudget]

It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

[@mekosmotivationalmessages]

😂😂😂

[@TheHallow31]

- Goes to the Olympics to compete in breakdancing. - Does exactly zero breakdancing. - "I did my best."

[@jiggnorth3593]

And still puts "Olympic break dancer" on her social media 😂

[@lindayhukutwana3861]

😂😂😅😅

[@ang_nguyn]

@@jiggnorth3593 well, it isnt a lie.

[@Tamikawashere]

But it's not her fault. It's 100% the fault of whoever chose her. How did they chose her to represent them?

[@judigrumm7190]

​@@TamikawashereHer husband and mother in law selected her!!

[@kaitospin3944]

I'm no expert in breakdancing but most of the videos of really talented people I've seen they were almost floating mid-air with minimal contact with the floor (i.e. an elbow, head or a limb). Raygun was literally ON THE GROUND for most of her segment either crawling or rolling and flipping around!

[@blackpillz3479]

Watching the Asian kid do the helicopter and then seeing that old live break dance vid of this lady doing her helicopter is night and day lmfao..

[@King_Jonghyun]

you still can do really cool stuff on the ground, she just... didn't do any of them 🧍

[@savedbyJESUS777]

As I stated, she's just flailing around looking like she's on fire, doing the "Stop, Drop & Roll" 😂😂🤣🤣🤭

[@Hollylivengood]

She had that Three Stooges look.

[@teamidris]

Looked like dance rather than break dance to me. Okay, it was performative dance rather than break dancing. I would like to know what the original panel looked like that chose her?

[@InsiderBoy]

She single-handedly made Australian break-dancing a joke in front of the world and it was hilariously great! 😂

[@Katie2986]

It looks like an SNL skit from the 70’s 😂

[@El_Nightmare]

Rachel Dratch is what came to mind when I saw her trying to break dance

[@Katie2986]

@@El_Nightmare 🤣 she’s hilarious! I haven’t watched SNL in such a long time, I wasn’t even aware of her.

[@mrscoolwhipp]

I hope we get an SNL skit during this upcoming season 😂

[@Katie2986]

@@mrscoolwhipp this entire year is so bizarre I really need to start watching it

[@John_Locke_108]

Martin Short and Harry Shearer should be proud. They paved the way for this.

[@Phillips66Geo]

She is like one of those singers who go on the X factor or America's got talent and find out for the first time in their life that they can't sing.

[@anonymoustroll2432]

I hate singing

[@TurquoiseInk]

Excellent analogy

[@PythonAndy]

😂😂 thisssss

[@PositiveOnly-dm3rx]

@@anonymoustroll2432 I feel the same way about breakdancing. This is the best thing ever imo. it doesnt belong in the olympics at all.

[@s.t.santos5928]

She's the William Hung of break dancing. 🤣🤣🤣

[@millawitt1882]

This is why a man like Simon Cowell is needed -sometimes someone HAS TO SAY NO when your parents won’t tell the truth to their child!!!🤣

[@ozzybloke4830]

Gordon Ramsay "Your Sh1t"

[@novalinnhe]

You know what, you're not wrong!

[@Lituationcindy_]

😂 right! I wonder what he thought!

[@-xirx-]

That was what the qualifying judges were for. This situation stinks to high heaven

[@stevenpike7857]

"I didn't realize that [taking someone else's spot on the Olympics and making fun of other people's sports] would bring so much hate." That's because she is profoundly ignorant.

[@Peaceful_Zen_Life]

Her performance is like a parent reenacting their kindergarten child’s attempts at breakdancing.

[@AlexanderTheGoodEnough]

I don't care about the Olympics, but when my co-worker couldn't stop laughing at something he was watching on his phone, I couldn't help but ask. He then showed me this "performance" and I couldn't stop laughing my ass off either. Seriously, I forgive this woman simply because of how hard my sides got split from how ridiculous the whole thing was 🤣

[@mayssm]

I mean, she did have 1 or 2 okay moves, like a partial head spin. But if breakdancing skill went from 1 to 10, she'd be about a 2. The Olympics are reserved for the best of the best...people at level 10.

[@SensSword]

More like a temper tantrum

[@richardwallis9374]

It’s like a combination of that and some interpretive dancer subbing….

[@Kingofthenet2]

@@mayssm I agree with you

[@aymee7136]

I believe her when she says that she gave her all. Her all was just very, very bad.

[@1foolishcaribou195]

That's what I was thinking. Accepting that everything she says and has done is in earnest, she is just mediocre at best at dance. There are plenty of things I love to do but no matter how much I do them I simply don't excel. I stink. No shame in that. But HOW did her performances get her to the Olympics?!! Even her old dance videos show she isn't that coordinated. Again, no shame in that. But HOW?!!

[@peachesandpoets]

she can dance. She did a mockery of breakdancing to go viral. I don't care that she tried to scam giant corporations. Do you. But she could have danced better from what we saw in her auditions, so she basically mocked an entire cultural movement just to go viral or whatever. We used to get detention for break dancing because it was seen as "gang culture". People worked hard to make it mainstream. The disrespect is really offensive. And, of course, that sentiment is met with "get over it". If she were Aboriginal and did this, would people giggle about it and say "oh lighten up"?

[@carlwheezer623]

@@peachesandpoetsI care that I had to watch it 😂

[@1foolishcaribou195]

@@peachesandpoets So, you're saying she can dance, but that she is just dishonest?

[@thegalhorowitz]

@@peachesandpoetswhat are you talking about? Her dance videos are all bad. Watched how she qualified and the other contestant tho not olympic level; 5 times better. They scammed Australia with her husband who is on the board because the title ”olympian” pays really well

[@joehonest7074]

The gas lighting that has taken place by people defending her has been the craziest thing I’ve seen this month.

[@patel210]

Crazier than a buncha people coming together to mia gender a person they’ve personally never met or quite frankly heard of before she was in the news?

[@beholdapalehorse7700]

There's a guy I went to high-school with that comes out on fb to defend every cringe leftist headline you can imagine.....this was one of them recently.

[@beholdapalehorse7700]

​@patel210 no, not crazier- equally cringe.

[@AshCosgrove]

@@patel210 Imane is a man.

[@Treeezzz]

⁠@@beholdapalehorse7700how is coverage of a bad breakdancer ‘cringe leftist’?

[@jornborgholm3135]

She's an absolute embarrassment to Australia. People are saying at least she gave it a go, or she did her best. What they're not remembering that this was the Olympics not an audition for Australian Idol.

[@ingridsweeney1787]

I am a 69 year old woman. Never breakdanced in my life, but with an hour or two’s instruction and practice, I should be able to represent South Africa at the next Olympics. The first time I saw a clip of ‘Raygun’ I thought she was someone playing the fool in the Olympic Village

[@DonRubinjo]

It´s impressive you are using the internet on it´s own, no need to risk injuriy or so. Bless your heart Sweetney

[@ninahocking5709]

Come on then, show us your best forward roll Vlad! X​@@DonRubinjo

[@will.green.]

@@DonRubinjo i agree. old people arent the same as us

[@HowardSimcox]

I doubt it, ain't u Argentinian?

[@svrking14]

Gotta give it to her, the total lack of shame needed to go out in front of millions watching and making a fool of yourself is legendary.

[@wpriddy]

Make shame real again.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

The word 'narcissism' comes to mind.

[@PaladinMika]

It's a mental issue

[@EbonyMtofmuscle]

The is nothing "legendary" about this- Florence Griffith Joyner, Micheal Phleps, Jesse Owen, Kurt Angle, Greg Louganis, Dara Torres, Naim Suleymanoglu, Michelle Kwan are legends. It's an ABSOLUTE SIN "Raygunn" shared the same stage as the former.

[@anthonyvaranai6121]

You misspelled "infamy"

[@DeannaBaileytheRavensFan]

She's a textbook example of someone deulsional and way out of her depth, who signed up to humiliate themselves on a global stage. I refuse to believe that she was the best Australia had to offer.

[@defrozendonut8715]

I believe that’s called the dunning-Kruger effect

[@evanbelisle8464]

Can’t she see when other break dancers dance that she can’t do that? That she’s not doing what they do?

[@antoniolima1068]

i believe she humiliated her Nation, olympic athletes represent collectives.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

@@evanbelisle8464 White Dance is different She has her own unique style & shouldn't copy anyone. She is proud to be Australian !

[@joshlock4627]

Agreed Refund the tax payers money she and her hubby coach got . She should be deleted as an Olympian Cut tax Parker funds to the Olympics Waste of cash when citizens are living pay day to pay day, cannot save , use their car fuel costs etc Pensioners living on just baked beans

[@Floratic]

From what I read in an article is that Australia did poorly advertise the qualifier and that a lot of B-boy and B-girls did not have passports and wouldn't get them in time for the Olympics.

[@nickg2431]

Another PR lie i guess

[@magentatime]

@@nickg2431 RayGun, is this your alt?

[@pegcity4eva]

I'm gonna go with false. This was a DEI opp and they did this on purpose.

[@Kingofthe717]

@@pegcity4eva yes because everyone knows DEI “opps” are famous for sending upper-class straight white women to the Olympics 🙄. Your conspiracy wires are getting crossed. How is it so hard to believe that Australia fumbled the bag on their Olympic qualifier organization and only had people with no rhythm or talent try out for the spot? Out of pure incompetence they only allowed mainlanders with 100% citizenship status to compete during a single 2-day qualifier tourney. That’s like… the opposite of DEI

[@loufrost824]

The Aus Ballroom Association (Ballrooms big & organized here) wanted Ballroom in the Olympics. They got rejected and the place went to Breaking. The Ballroom Association was told to run it but they were pissed off and had no interest in doing it. So they farmed it out to a small Association of Breaking that was founded by who??? RayGunn

[@buildingracingvideos4714]

She stole my routine. I came up with that routine back in 1981 when I was 5.

[@mlisaj1111]

My exact thought, and seems like of many others - she gives off “kindergartener putting on a “dance show” and demanding everyone watch” vibes.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

12:43 WOW. She potentially Single Handedly killed the sport for the Olympics. I feel so bad for anyone who really loves break dancing.

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

I think she was involved to the effort to have it in the games in the first place being a qualified 'expert' and such.

[@Rose_Castle]

Oh please, the IOC was doing an experiment in the first place. And people weren't that interested in the first place. They don't cancel events because of one person, they are a business that was trying something.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

There is no "sport" of break dancing.

[@moderatecanuck]

@@justinlast2lastharder749what is your definition of sport?

[@moderatecanuck]

It is not dead but it up to the federation to lobby. Hopefully it will be handled by the World Break Dancing Federation instead of the Ballroom one

[@schectermeister]

I can confidently say that I can beat her in a break dancing contest having never danced in my entire life. 👍🏼

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

She did the sprinkler. At the Olympics. Unforgivable.😑

[@pennyproud1621]

😂😂😂😂

[@rexcatston8412]

The sprinkler? Well she's getting older and the plumbing doesn't work quite as well as it used to...lol

[@younggiftedandblack7634]

Can't be worse than the kangaroo hop.

[@vladthedragon8250]

She should've screamed for shizzle

[@ryand4533]

And she claimed her moves were “original” 🤦‍♂️

[@tropxchic]

She admits she knew she couldn’t beat them by skill so that’s why she decided to be “creative”. So even she states she wasn’t qualified to compete and yet she was selected to represent her entire country for this sport? Whoever determined the selection should be at fault!

[@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf]

Not a sport.

[@acidapples4607]

​@@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf Sport - "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment" Oxford dictionary But okay sure, I see your line of reasoning. "No ball? Not sport 😡"

[@corvoriever539]

@@ASDasdSDsadASD-nc7lf I’m American and that is the most American take I’ve ever seen about breakdancing. Not a sport? How old are you? 65?

[@thegalhorowitz]

she never admitted that in any interview in Australia and she is selected by a committee full of friends and her husband. The other contestant was 10 times better but not olympic level either

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Not a well-defined quantifiable sport, such as how many goals one scores.

[@apollo85100]

She was told the roo hop would bring her home a gold metal😂😂😂

[@CluelessGardener444]

How is she not EMBARRASSED??? My goodness!

[@Blackcatdp2]

Npd does not embarrased

[@bigbearkat2010]

Embarrassment requires shame

[@TheQuota2001]

@@bigbearkat2010the issue here is simple. A human in 2024 decided to go viral. Period. The lady knows how to actually breakdance. She’s not that good, but in the face of actual good break dancers, she decided to act a fool and go viral instead. Blame the internet. And to be extremely fair, no other clips of any other break dancers have gone close to viral. If this lady didn’t do this, I doubt we would’ve ever known that breakdancing was even a category this year. So there’s that.

[@vivxsavageog]

I agree with this person above me. She’s not embarrassed or ashamed because she intended to do this and now is enjoying her European vacation as a superstar “Olympic athlete” and known celebrity.

[@mrninet645]

She worked her butt off... but training 3 (or 4) hours a day....... Yeah, I wouldn't even start at how much just simple regular ballerinas put in, but my sister who took couple contracts for dance performances for disneyland and lotte, had work for around 12 hours a day to rehearse routines and actual performances. And she won't even call herself "a professional" dancer, no way near olympics contender. And here we got this, ahem, "talent"

[@mousqy]

yeah her butt is massive

[@wolfpecker5710]

Yeah 3-4 hours a day is piss-poor for someone trying to compete on an Olympic level! I’m sure those other breakdancers who were competing were putting in 12+ hour days like your sister does! Also, her breakdancing was so bad that I highly doubt she spent as much time practicing as she said she did 🥴

[@veryindigenousperson9497]

I'm pretty sure she said 3 hours a day on fitness and conditioning or something like that. But her double chin says that's a lie.

[@sarah69420]

@@veryindigenousperson9497lmao what double chin? You're seeing things

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

@@veryindigenousperson9497 I don't see a double chin but her butt really stood out.

[@CherryBomb-pe5qm]

This is why you need people in your life that tell you if you suck at something. No one told this chick she just couldn’t break dance and even gave her an award for “best sportsman of the year.”

[@AP-hv9ll]

Delusion seemed to work out great for her.

[@neoasura]

Well, the judges told her she sucked, in front of a national audience, it all added up in a grand embarrasment.

[@Mehmehmeh746]

Sometimes, loving someone means crushing their dreams. Preferably in the least demoralizing way possible, but still.

[@Goku138]

My guess is she did what she -needed to win- in order to go to the Olympics. THEN went for her "my eye for technique has been much stronger going into the dance" (stated in news interview) doing her own "techniques" as a -way to show it to the world- and it was NOT received well.

[@maximous-prime]

Why yall so mad about this, it’s just a fucking medal, not like a cure for cancer dumbasses also, why ruin peoples fun over a “medal” it’s just like the bart Simpson episode all over again

[@N3rf_H3rd3r]

"Look what i can do" *turns into Stuart*

[@marymaza2187]

11:43 Real talented female breakdancers lost the chance to go to the Olympics, just for Raygun to embarrass Australia on their taxpayers' dime.

[@Starburst514]

I'm still trying to understand how she even got there, like how many people pushed her through to get to the OLYMPICS ??? Like how

[@moderatecanuck]

She embarrassed the whole sport

[@jw70467]

They setup a bunch of really gatekeeping restrictions on the qualifying competitions rather than just having a series of opens or videotaped auditions.

[@jamesthomas4171]

No taxpayer dollars were spent

[@JR-zm7ju]

​@@Starburst514her husband was the jury. I am sure there is no foul play there right? Right? 😂

[@tasha3757]

11:00 She had a total of 4 votes out of 540. For those wondering about the scoring she’s referring to, it’s the 5 criteria she was judged in across a panel of 9 judges. Out of the 6 rounds she competed in she had a total of 4 votes in her favour out of 540 from the judges. All except 1 of these votes were in the “originality” criteria. She’s correct in saying that she didn’t actually get 0 votes, but this is only 4 out of 540 votes across 6 different chances only makes it sound worse and solidifies her incompetency in relation to other competitors.

[@theatagamer90]

For rough translation into "grade" she got about a .74% honestly that's worse than a zero.

[@banninghamma]

It's like a puppy being tossed into a den of hungry wolves.

[@banninghamma]

@@bubblegum1329 It's on Paris Olympics website. Check the breaking page and look into each match.

[@TheTechChef420]

its not her fault shes used to break dancing upside down. when she went to paris she was put right side up. it threw off her game. 🤣🤣

[@harveyflippers9531]

Oh I see, if you assume all of her moves were supposed to be performed upside down, its a little more impressive

[@jans.g6033]

​@@harveyflippers9531I think op was making a joke about how Australia's upside down that's why going to another country threw raygun off

[@listey]

🙄

[@Redlife666]

I believe it. It's like the rotation of toilet water. It just throws ya off

[@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh]

@@TheTechChef420 : Those danged inverted hemispheres will mess a person up every time. 🙃😁

[@thedorianmode8087]

I remember I fell down a flight of stairs, that was even more graceful than raygun supposedly breakdancing.

[@Jellybeansxx]

Thank you for covering this. As an Australian this has been so awful.. I have seen better break dancing on the street. Our Olympians have previously always been such hard working, passionate, respectful and fair athletes. This woman has made a mockery of our country and the games, and it should be investigated. If not the standard will only slip for everyone. So Australians supporting this need a wake up call.. this was not a comedy festival. It was the Olympics. I truly feel for her competitors who went out and took this seriously, especially the Australian teenage boy who went out to give it his all, and will forever live in the shadow of this disgrace. As an Australian I do not support this behaviour and reject the label we are getting as class clown of the world. And Raygun showing zero accountability, gaslighting and giving excuses is just the cherry on top. Zero class. I can’t even with this 🤦‍♀️

[@TheNinjapancake14]

If I were her, I would ignore the press too. I’m sure there’s someone better to be considered the best in Australia, but she was the one who was chosen. I feel like all the emotions should be funneled towards the Olympics committee in order to make a real change.

[@GM-by7tc]

Actually the Olympics are a comedy festival now. Dudes fighting women is officially a sport now.

[@peachesandpoets]

​@@GM-by7tc that's just your bigoted myths

[@peachesandpoets]

​@@TheNinjapancake14 I don't care that she tried to scam giant corporations. Do you. But she could have danced better from what we saw in her auditions, so she basically mocked an entire cultural movement just to go viral or whatever. We used to get detention for break dancing because it was seen as "gang culture". People worked hard to make it mainstream. The disrespect is really offensive. And, of course, that sentiment is met with "get over it". If she were Aboriginal and did this, would people giggle about it and say "oh lighten up"?

[@MetaGiga]

As an American, I really want to say that watching the performance made me feel really sorry for Australia. We brought our best and you guys should have been able to bring your best. I know for a fact that there are amazing Australian breakers over there and I’m really sad that the Olympics won’t be doing it again so you could prove to the world that “Raygun” being chosen was rigged from the get-go

[@sofia7374]

This is a woman who has received participation awards her entire life 🥇

[@wyattfamily8997]

Exactly.

[@jordane8526]

Well she has a PhD pretty on par

[@aussieglen1]

And nobody loving her enough to tell her the truth - that she’s just not good at this, and that’s ok… just do something else.

[@sushimamba4281]

I just had a look at her husband's breaking too. I've now come to the conclusion they're both great examples of the Dunning Kruger Effect.

[@Starburst514]

Whose her husband?

[@susiew2521]

​@@Starburst514Rayban

[@thesecretshade]

They have the same turtle style. It's uncanny

[@cckadlec]

I read in a number of places in the past day or two that her husband was on the selection committee and that her selection was obviously no coincidence and that the tryouts for breaking were barely announced or publicized at all, also not by coincidence. True or not, I'm not sure... but if it is, surely others will hear more about it.

[@wolfpecker5710]

@ cckadlec I definitely believe it! All you have to do is look at the qualifiers that she won to see that something fishy is going on. There is video footage of it on KZbin and the girl she competed against was objectively better in every single way!

[@BPEagles6821]

Her “Dance” (air quotes) ,, Never gets old! I can watch it 1000 times 😂

[@AUNZAnon]

For her to have the audacity to term all the valid criticism as 'hate' really was the nail in her reputational, narcissistic, gaslighting coffin.

[@ferretyluv]

Knowing the internet, I wouldn’t be surprised if she got death threats and told to unalive herself. Rebecca Black got the same kind of “criticism” that went way too far.

[@trashmate1986]

Well said

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Do not be upset just because Ray Gun dances better than you. She won the qualification and she got to compete in the Olymics. God Bless All styles and all dancers ! We Dance to express our feelings of joy and excitement.

[@AUNZAnon]

@SeaJay_Oceans lol,it's rude to make assumptions. I can dance better than her, a two year old could.

[@SomeBadStuff999]

@@SeaJay_Oceans "God bless All styles and all dancers! " Sorry but your god wasn't on the meeting when they defined sports dance. He was to busy drinking to oblivion. Then he got the sport out of the olympics with that "joy and excitment".. Rage, hate, threats are also to express our feelings but everyone knows they are "bad" feelings... same here. And several dancers world wide would probably trow those sentiments to her face

[@peterbegetis1304]

As an Australian. Omg. What a joke. I am 52 and when I was 12 in 1984 I did break dancing. I haven’t tried doing it since 1985 and I’m sure I’d beat her in a contest. What a joke and she got a free ride

[@vortex_1336]

You wouldn't beat her though. All the judges would be her friends.

[@tobymoore2185]

@@vortex_1336she got a zero from the judges

[@peope1976]

@@tobymoore2185 Zero doesn't mean what it means in other scoring sports like figure-skating. It means she didn't win any battle. They do it comparably against the other contender. They also score based on some criteria with percentages that are relative of how much better or worse they where to each other in that area. If someone is 10% worse than the other does that make the other worthless? And she even got some wins on the sub-categories which was then used to get the winner. She did really bad. But at the same time. Not everybody who gets to the Olympics are delusional to think they will get gold. For some just getting in the middle or not come last is a big achievement. Some contenders have been famous and cheered by their audiences. Take Eddie the Eagle in Winter Olympics who could get very far compared to the competition but was cheered on by Great Britain as a kind of hero in the 80:s.

[@Emilys-qm3ew]

​@@peope1976 fair enough but she is literally a 0 shouldn't never have been there🤦‍♂️

[@vortex_1336]

@@tobymoore2185 Not in the Australian tournament she won.

[@ByzonGongeezo]

She’s making a mockery of the sport. Real dancers not getting attention but this bozo does. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@blacki4268]

Preach!

[@admdubya2107]

Sports are sports. This was a competition.

[@ChristopherIsraelson]

Sport?... please 🥺

[@AManChoosesASlaveObeys]

​@@ChristopherIsraelsonYEAH skate too man

[@gkatusared]

IT IS NOT A SPORT...obviously you have never competed in "sports"

[@Lorne-u2h]

SHE IS AWESOME!!! SOLID GOLD!!! Even her outfit was well thought out for receiving her GOLD! We love her.

[@ahlija]

I personally want to thank her. All these hilarious short clips killed me and I had an amazing time watching THEM ALL! 😂

[@cherry3834]

Her "break dancing" attempt was like when a child would ask if you wanted to see something "cool" then they have a seizure on the floor 😂😂

[@FilosofoCA]

Lmaooo im dying

[@XsevnX]

You clearly don't know wtf you're talking about. My 5 year old dances MUCH better than that......

[@Ysckemia]

i went to watch a battle crew some months ago and witnessed kids with more breakdance skills than she demonstrated.

[@roderickcortez138]

Shots fired!

[@rogerdodger1790]

Perfect analogy

[@ISIIN15]

I joked that all the other break dancers couldnt pass the drug test so they sent her instead. But of course it had to be corruption lol

[@setlaxsoccer77]

I mean that could be really true

[@Meitti]

This is what you could call the "Nepo-baby"-style breakdancing.

[@tommyllama4558]

I love that some of the audience members couldnt hold back making faces, smiles and shakes of disbelief, its beautiful

[@cheryll.ousley2189]

We basically witnessed the official grand opening / grand closing of breaking at the Olympics. Regardless of whether or not people think it 'belongs' there, she's all that's being talked about when it comes to the event and it's so sad and unfortunate for the other participants who actually have talent.

[@TheEmbessyNetwork]

Her lack of talent took away from the actual people with skills that came to that stage.

[@Amanda-xx7sj]

That’s easy to fix. Start making content on those who performed well and stop interacting with this content. Content creators react to what is popular, so it’s like a snowball rolling down a hill and every comment, watch, and like encourages others to make more of the same content.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Keep in mind many nations had no idea what 'break dance' is... it is like American football.

[@tacoenvy]

I seriously thought this was like a Saturday Night Live skit or something when I kept seeing the memes of her, only to find out it was legit, which made it even more hilarious.

[@danielallen7384]

If I watched this live without any context, I'd swear I was watching the Special Olympics.

[@bchin4005]

Being mocked for a public performance isn't hate. Good to know accountability will never be an Olympic event.

[@ReynaldoAba-h9e]

its hateful envy hate

[@Arelias95]

​@@ReynaldoAba-h9e lol, wtf are you on mate

[@influencersarebeta]

Fr, no one is hating her as a person, its her performance and lack of respect for the sport

[@Hollylivengood]

@@ReynaldoAba-h9e 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪

[@joybodelay9679]

@@ReynaldoAba-h9e aahahahahaha oh my god.

[@florian8599]

My reaction was like: "Sooo, when is she starting? That's her warmup right? That's her warmup, RIGHT?!"

[@denshaotoko42]

They spent all that money to bring 9 judges to Australia, but didn't give any support to people in other cities to attend the qualifiers. These were mostly teens who had two weeks' notice to apply (and be required to already have passports to apply), to raise about $1000 to fly from non-Sydney locations AND have another $400 to get a passport (and it takes about 2 months+ to get it).

[@PositiveOnly-dm3rx]

I've never heard of a good aussie dancer sooooo...

[@TheSunnyvaleTrailerPark]

She probably got her break dance moves from a book she bought on Temu.

[@ShoGunNicholas]

So, just a little interesting fact about getting an Australian Passport, it can be alot faster then 2 months to get one if you pay for priority service. I personally lodged mine 2 weeks ago on the Tuesday at 3:30 pm, paid for priority, requested for pickup instead of delivery. And at 10:30 am the following day on the Wednesday, my Passport was completed and ready for pickup. After finishing work at 12:50 pm, I had my Passport in my hands by 2:30 pm on that Wednesday. So, not even 24 hours had passed by the time I had paid, to the time I had my passport in my hand. It all came out to just under $700 for a Priority Passport, but, I'll be honest with you, that was an exceptionally fast service.

[@cruizerdog92]

People from Fiji and New Zealand were fundraising for over a year to travel to Sydney to compete. It’s been known that breaking was coming to the Olympics ever since it was in the 2018 youth Olympics. I understand money is tight but they did have prior warning.

[@littlefurrow2437]

Free vacation... to permanent embarrassment.

[@smolcan4984]

Her whole performance is basically : Everyone when a bee is near

[@lsurebel96]

😂😅

[@BuckNuttage]

I'm still waiting for her to come out as trolling us all. It's just too goofy to be real.

[@InspirationalSpaceship]

Gotta be trolling😂

[@KittyxKult]

She already claimed that. She said she threw the competition bc she saw what the others could do, knew they were going to win anyway, and just decided to be silly. That’s worse in my opinion. You make a mockery of the breakdancing style rather than giving a good faith effort?

[@BoboMcBooboy]

She KINDA already did... She said she knew she wasn't as good as the other contestants, and so she wanted to "leave her mark in a different way" or some shit... It does appear to me, I remember seeing something in all the different articles, that she beat something like 40 other contestants to make this appearance... So were the 39 other females JUST as bad or worse then her Olympic performance?! I say no way... So she HAS to be better then THAT... Legit almost HAS to... I can't see them choosing THAT routine, over basically any REAL breakdance routine by any of the other contestants... The 16 year old male was also worse then all the other countries contestants... ...but he was still in the same league... So there HAD to be SOME teens or 20 year olds who were better then THAT performance she put out... I believe that to my core. So I believe she also was capable of performing better, but would've just been generally not as good, instead of being a spectacle. She did ALL her fellow contestants so much harm, and made the entire contest seem like a joke, which was a shame, because the other contestants ACTUALLY worked their ass off, including her male Australian counterpart. She stole the opportunity for a 16 year old female for example, who would have ACTUALLY tried...

[@sergeipohkerova7211]

​@@KittyxKultThat's so lame of her. Some guys enter into a race knowing they're going to lose, but if they're on the world stage then they already are regarded as elite, and even if they come in 8th in an Olympic final, hey, you made the final. She made it to the Olympics. She owed it to her country to try her best, not get cute when she knew she wouldn't be on the medal podium.

[@GhostwalkerSparrow]

@@KittyxKultbut like why wouldn’t you try your best?

[@john.f.remedy.237]

As a former breaker 1. There are a good amount of really solid breakers in Aus. 2. I watched it live, and she indeed received 0 points. They honestly weren’t deserved…

[@negroantonio28]

Shouldn't even be in the Olympics,.you can't make a culture a sport

[@confessionsfromadangerousmind]

Yeah, she definitely should have gotten negative points, a 0 is just too generous.

[@SamIAmWich]

I just hate that the performance of her (and maybe some others) took Breakdance away from the Olympics right before it went to LA. Ffs

[@ousfraton435]

@@SamIAmWich apparently it was already decided before the olympics due to the cost of licensing around 400 songs for such a global event. weird they can’t all just use the same music tho

[@SamIAmWich]

@@ousfraton435 yeah... And extra weird that they can't just commission an artist to put out a track or two specifically for the Olympics. There's plenty of time to write a few songs between, I would think.

[@thaatguuy4554]

Musicality.....what word is this? She has Musicality 😂

[@Cleo-h3x]

It's less of "she wanted a free vacation" and more of "she's completely delusional and really thought she was capable of competing on a global stage"..

[@sophiophile]

When you said, "I can do that", I realized that I am *also* an Olympic-level breakdancer now. Going on the resume right now!

[@Tulloch337]

Don't forget "The Sprinkler" took a decade of practice (sometimes 3-4 hours a day) to perfect it to Olympic standard!

[@raymondcaylor6292]

I don't know if I'm Olympic Breakdancer material but I'm 100% sure I'm Olympic Breakdancer Judge Material. I had her score exactly the same as their's. Who knew ?

[@secom.24]

So glad you're covering this, there's no way that she is the best b girl in Australia. It's not only an embarassment to Australia, but to the break dance community in general and could cost them a spot in the Olympics.

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

Are there male b girls?

[@burp2019]

it DID cost them a spot in the Olympics

[@ashtrathewitch9]

Honestly the fact that the sport got taken out just hurts. She really did ruin it for everyone else

[@codychickadee5095]

It is hilarious how Austrilans are participating in this, even naming it differently. What a joke. Their universities are offering courses on hip-hop politics? Giant joke.

[@TheNinjapancake14]

The sport was not returning before she even competed. If she got the spot, the system that allowed it is at fault.

[@Propaganda2Day]

Somewhere in heaven Norm MacDonald was watching her thinking, damn, why didn't I think of that?

[@kjstormy3682]

I think people are missing one part of this. While she is Australian, it’s not just Australia she’s representing-it’s Oceania. She was picked to be the best among four countries which honestly makes it worse. And it absolutely wasn’t advertised well. At least New Zealand had short notice.

[@PandaMirror-xd5db]

Yeah the answer to why she was picked to compete in the Olympics, is just because the breakdancers got a really short notice to apply for the qualification, and couldn’t fill out all the necessary paperwork.

[@tinymetaltrees]

Eurasia has always been at war with Oceania.

[@Xydorf]

​@@tinymetaltreesHaha nice one. I think it was Eurasia and East Asia respectively that alternated.

[@Vincent_Beers]

There was enough notice for 15 women to show up for the qualifier and all of them are better than her. But she controlled the committee and rigged the results to keep the grant money for herself.

[@weekdaycycling]

Send the Aboriginals for the breaking is probably a better idea than sending her.

[@muhammadjawadzahid9675]

Love the aussie sense of humor... they went above and beyond by sending a clown as an athlete

[@Platoface]

4:10 “my body awareness”…. 😂

[@chrisknoblock]

Body awareness and yet, no social awareness.

[@dominoproduction7083]

😂😂😂

[@wneshot__305]

I literally was reading this while she said it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@2FRESH-4U]

I absolutely believe they had to be some shenanigans there is no way she was the best female breakdancer in Australia

[@setlaxsoccer77]

Is there an age limit cause I saw a video of a 13 aboriginal girl who was way better than her

[@albertobetto522]

Australia desperately clout chasing

[@yournamehere4562]

This was absolutely the best that she could do. She thought it was cutting edge stuff😂

[@NotaShorty]

apparently, there was a tournament a year before and Australia sent their best (men and woman) so there were definitely options. No way there wasn't strings pulled lmao.

[@2FRESH-4U]

@@yournamehere4562 the kangaroo hop was top notch 😂

[@jasonreyes5872]

Best part was one of the female Australian coaches called all the haters sexist and reaffirmed she’s the very best in Australia

[@Mr.Finklebottom]

Ah yes, the age-old tactic of screaming “you’re a bad person if you hate me” as a defense. This is really just the cherry on top of this whole situation.

[@TourettesMajestic]

Yeah that annoyed me way more than anything rayon did

[@Hongkizzle]

Must be the truth then 😂😂

[@nonyabisness6306]

if thinking this is embarrassing is sexist, sexism is right.

[@M3au]

The sad thing is that the person you are talking about is Anna Meares, an athlete of the very highest order, a champion and someone who even in adversity gave her every fibre in her sporting endeavours.

[@BettiePagan]

MUSICALITY is her STRENGTH??!?! BA in music studies here, I’m no dancer (bc I’m disabled), but she deserves *negative* points for musicality especially oh my…she should have said she was deaf & tried the Paralympics.

[@alexxela8956]

Here here

[@Kimball042]

💯 she’s also as creative as a elbow.

[@jackherer449]

@@Kimball042 Hey don't diss elbows. They are way too functional against her..

[@hittkid6312]

yeah that was wild, her dance did nothing with the music.

[@aallen9287]

There are deaf people who can dance and have actual rhythm. Raygun on the other hand...😅

[@Menuki]

This seriously raises questions of corruption on Australias Olympic selection committee. She can scam all she wants, but someone okayed it. You dont just walk on the airplane and you’re part of the team

[@PositiveOnly-dm3rx]

I think shes a hero. she took something that shouldn't be in the Olympics out of the Olympics. lol

[@lenaaaaaaaa78]

@@PositiveOnly-dm3rxlmao true

[@tookyohead]

Lmfao mate the entire Parliament in Canberra are corrupt, the councils in all the states have corrupt money hungry land developer members. This entire country is corrupt. Rich mining industry companies paying zero royalties & no tax, the Australian tax payer even subsidies the mining industry so then the mining lobbiest are happy so they donate or “bribe” a little bit more money Canberras way. Dno why your surprised the Olympics is corrupt when Australia is run by foreign investment & the people in charge are more worried about lining their pockets & building their investment portfolios than helping the average Aussie. Don’t be surprised that the Olympics is corrupt, the entire country is lad. Lmfao.

[@ang_nguyn]

Please explain how she scammed? Why is everyone saying that. All I see is a dancer showing up and performing, badly. The judges are the ones that decided she won. That is not her fault.

[@Menuki]

@@ang_nguyn that’s what I’m saying. She couldn’t have been running a scam on her own. The selection committee had to be complicit for her to make the team. It’s been disproved that she or her husband were on the committee.

[@Annonymight]

Those 9 judges wanted Australia to FAIL!

[@kelleychilton2524]

They didn't have to 'want' very hard; she made it easy for them.

[@RG-jq7nm]

I don't understand the people that "feel bad" for her. She snatched an opportunity away from someone who deserved it...

[@JaelPendragon]

That "someone" should have gone to the qualifiers. She won the qualifiers hence she deserved her spot

[@jackcls550]

To Raygun: Everyone in this room is now dumber for having to watch it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[@back2center]

😂😂😂

[@dadav5330]

Classic movie lmao

[@hansmeier6604]

There is no god

[@girlypopgay]

This

[@PurposefulPantomime]

@@hansmeier6604Yes there is. We are all sinners in need of a Savior. Jesus Christ is that Savior. I pray that you place your faith in Him for your salvation before it is too late. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16, Holy Bible

[@andrewchristiansen8311]

This is the first time I've watched the Olympics and thought I was watching the wrong Olympics.

[@ferdinand12390]

a Monty Python sketch of the Olympics perhaps

[@delores415]

😂 “… the wrong olympics.” Took me out! And since I’ve now scared my pup, I get to go on a midnight walk. Thanks for the laugh though 😂

[@iStorm-my5fp]

Special Olympics

[@letsreallytalk9482]

You were watching the wrong Olympics lol it’s the woks Olympics where men beat up women , where the best isn’t chosen to represent their country, where they make a mockery of people’s faith…that’s France in a nutshell lol Well sorry the liberal part of France anyway that has the most power there.

[@letsreallytalk9482]

You were watching the wrong Olympics lol it’s the woke Olympics where men beat up women , where the best isn’t chosen to represent their country, where they make a mockery of people’s faith…that’s France in a nutshell lol Well sorry the liberal part of France anyway that has the most power there

[@abichau5392]

It’s like your mum tryna help you battle a breakdancing battle 😂

[@Veritas_mens]

This hurts as an Australian. We have, what we like to consider, a long and proud sporting history. Australia usually has stringent qualifying requirements, which this cringe performance clearly could not have met. This has left a significant scar on our Olympics reputation and has taken a lot of the media spotlight away from far more deserving Olympic success stories.

[@AA-iy4gm]

As a woman I'm embarrassed and annoyed at what's going on in general in the world including this, women pushing their way into spaces and expecting special treatment while crying for equality and on top of that once they're given any sort of power they start behaving terribly, making awful policies, moves, treating people bad et cetera it's awful the direction that the toxic feminist movement is taking.

[@Veritas_mens]

@@AA-iy4gm this has nothing to do with gender and I'm not sure why you're raising it here. This is clearly about Dance Sport Australia knowing that they didn't have anyone good enough to qualify, but chose to send someone anyway. I'm glad they'll never get the opportunity to embarrass the nation like this again.

[@My_trashtalking_account]

The fact that she's dressed so unflatteringly makes it funnier.

[@DarrenReevell.]

She dances like a drunk uncle at a wedding. 😂

[@skytears31]

At least the judges at the olympics didnt pander to her delusions

[@14zrobot]

I want to see Aus Olympic qualifiers so hard. Considering who won, it was quite a show

[@aarondavis8943]

I believe Australia came 4th in the medal tally which, for a country with only 25 million people, is extraordinary. This was a specific problem with the breakdancing qualifying, not a team-wide problem. In fact, this is the best olympic team Australia's ever produced.

[@frostmourne1986]

IIRC there wasn't one? Her coach being her husband rejected all applicants to the point that there were actually no competition at all.

[@geoff1025]

Australia literally headhunts athletes and gives them citizenship to improve their standings in the Olympics, not sure I'd say that's impressive ​@@aarondavis8943

[@setlaxsoccer77]

@@aarondavis8943I mean I want to see the qualifier too, we’re not shitting on Australia we just want to see who showed up and how bad it was

[@jenniferhamels1176]

@@frostmourne1986 The qualifier was the 2023 WDSF Oceania Championship. Raygun someone scored "1000" and second place scored "750." IMO Fauntine Lariba was better yet she placed in 6th.

[@toyamwarr]

After her performance, Eddie the Eagle should feel forever proud of his Olympic performance.

[@CraftAero]

Eddie the Eagle AND The Jamaican Bobsled team competed at Calgary (1988). Both were embraced and cheered on. Both also had movies made about them. No shame for either.

[@jordane8526]

Eddie also did not take anyone’s place

[@joesandri5799]

I remember Eddie - ‘98 Nagano.

[@singledad1313]

Eddie the Eagle was a legend in his time.

[@neoqwerty]

@@joesandri5799 Unrelated but I'm still so mad that my mom broke BOTH of my fucking commemorative Nagano glasses, one they were tall as fuck and I could cheat with "just one glass" with them and it took me YEARS to find something else that tall to drink from, and two I was 14 and they cost me my whole month's budget of rentals so I literally gave up a month of Zelda for my cool pair of giant cheating glasses.

[@simlover00]

9:06 😂"worked my butt off" is a complete joke and a disgrace to say when other participants in the Olympics actually did hard work.

[@solec23]

No I believe she did work her ass off and it was only half-assed 🌗

[@srizzyep1616]

​@solec23 statistically it really was half her ass. She put half of that ass into her lecturing job and half of it into flopping like a magikarp on the floor. So no matter what, it's quite clear she was never gonna be able to put her all into actually working hard for the Olympics. The echo chamber she lived in with no genuine feedback did nothing good for her either.

[@jamesyang420]

It could be actually ass-related work you know

[@sandoumir4348]

I think she literally meant one of her 'moves' caused her butt to detach.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Imagine a Soviet School where all the children, fom the time they could stand and walk, being forced to break dance to American music. . .

[@Ajmnltc]

RAYGUN IS LIVING HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!!!!!! 👊🏻💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@edwyngottaamador6103]

She seemed like she was recording a TikTok rather then pouring her heart out to win a gold medal lmao

[@Risu1177]

I heard one day that all the legitimate break-dancers were boycotting the Olympics. That could be the only reason I can think of why there was no one better.

[@jenniferhamels1176]

There were plenty of Aussie B-girls who imo were better all-around than Raygun that attended the 2023 WDSF Oceania Championship, but somehow Raygun outscored them all.

[@alexb6277]

Requirements were hard for most young breakdancers in Australia. This idiot had the money and the connections to get to the Olympics.

[@chrisnoname2725]

@@alexb6277what were the overly burdensome requirements?

[@RobChapala]

none of them could pass a Marijuana drug test

[@NotaShorty]

@@alexb6277 what were the requirements? Out of curiosity.

[@thesecretshade]

I can imagine dressing up as her on Halloween and just doing the sprinkler to impress for candy 😂

[@brookiegremlin6660]

stealing this idea. I already have little gold hoop earrings, the dance moves I can learn in five minutes, and then I just need the tracksuit.

[@benitoscamelos5630]

Looks like she was told 5 minutes before the show : " ok you have to improvise do your best we forgot to send an Olympic breakdancer"

[@tombstoneranch69]

When she started her "apology" with a moniker, it negates the apology completely. SHE isn't apologizing, 'rayray' is advertising.

[@hikarishini]

To be fair that post was intended as a statement, not an apology. She never regretted her dogshit performance for a second and was genuinely confused why people were mad at her.

[@bryantsteury8910]

Yeah I just was about to comment on that when I read your comment. That's a big red flag to me. If she said Rachel or Dr Gunn then fine. But she also said "were in Europe for a few weeks of pre planned down time" 🤔🤔🤔🤔